On October 26, 2011, a general assembly at Occupy Oakland voted unanimously to strike on November 2, 2011, directing anyone who supports the Occupy cause to abstain from working, going to school, or spending money. Turnstyle News reporter Denise Tejada attended a general press conference and asked supporters to explain why they would be joining the general strike in Oakland.

There’s a rapturous term thrown around by VR enthusiasts: “The Metaverse.” It is a term that comes from the seminal Neal Stephenson science fiction novel Snow Crash, where it described a kind of embodied virtual reality.